Watched it at a screening last night. Not very good, unfortunately (spoilers)

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Thats disappointing but thanks for the review. Ive been excited for this movie and already have my tix to see it on opening night.

Dammit Jake, you and your early screenings again. :P

Judging by your remarks and the bad press its receiving from MC and IMDB along with her anti-white remarks, it definitely won't hit $1 billion. I had a prediction of $750ish million but it may now be around $650 million instead.

So the rumors about Fury's eye is true? Oh man, that sucks. It's not enough to make me not want to see it or anything but I REEEEAAAALLLLY wish they had a better idea.

I just watched it. Spot on. But I do like Larson in the role.

I'm going to give it a fair shake, even if I'm not exactly amped for this. Sometimes that's how a movie takes me by surprise. I was skeptical about Wonder Woman going in, but it won ne over. The first bit I wasn't a fan of, but it definitely got better.

I just don't have a relationship with Captain Marvel to begin with, so it could go either way for me.

I'm a bit embarrassed that I never read much Marvel. I was always more the darker kind of comic fan.

I very much disagree with you (and other apparent fair-er critics who shared similar complaints) once again, JakeS. I had a feeling I would. Fortunately! :) This is a wonderful and, in my eyes, extraordinary movie (no less than a good movie) in my damn opinion. Here’s comes a much more enthusiastic and radical response!

While the comparisons to Wonder Woman were inevitable, I find all the complaints about Captain Marvel failing to achieve what WW did (I.e. “there’s no wonder here”, “not really empowerment”) to be poor and missing the point. In terms of female empowerment, CM clearly went for something different than WW and it successfully did what it WANTED to. They are TWO DIFFERENT CHARACTERS, after all!

Words like “forced” have been thrown to criticize its themes and story, but I couldn’t disagree more with these negative opinions. What I saw was a uniquely told origin story that was effective and unforgivably full of girl power. Whatever issues others have with its themes/handling of female empowerment (not referring to the sexist trolls who take issue with strong girls that show attitude —or strong females in general), I just know the film did the title character justice. Carol is courageous, persevering, strong in every way, and unapologetically herself. There was as much depth in her as there was grit--she was just real. So with all that in mind, I’m betting this movie is going to resonate with more people (ghoulish trolls excluded obvs) than the charming but rather idealistic WW did.

Moreoever, despite the predictably tired “Marvel formula” criticisms I’ve seen from some, while the film shared a lot in common with Phase 1 films (for good reasons) imo it by and large felt different from many MCU films when it came to story structure and aesthetic. Uneven? It was certainly a puzzling film, and yet... that absolutely worked for me. On the whole, it is not one of the more eventful MCU films. However, I don’t at all see that as a negative thing. The movie is still packed with the satisfying thrills and humor so typical of the MCU, but for the most part it feels like a self-contained and understated film. Although it can be slower paced than others, I think the film ultimately told the story it needed to and had the right pacing. On that note, a major reason why this film worked in my book was because of Carol’s friendship with her old pal. Their scenes were impactful and well-executed.

Perhaps this could have been a bigger film in some ways, albeit I’ll be damned if I said I was underwhelmed. In addition to it having some of the most electrifying sequences...the action IS great... and solid characterization of any Marvel film (obligatory imo), I also found the duo of Carol & Fury to be PERFECT! To be frank, I’m getting amped just thinking about it! So now, much to the chagrin of the reactionary manchild army online, it’s time for CM to shine with audiences around the globe! So ready to see her in Endgame!!!

I saw it. The only issue I had was the music. I wasn't crazy about the use of the Nirvana song or the No Doubt song but the rest of it worked well enough.

The tessaract doesn't show up until the third act. But we get to see where they hid it which was a mystery after it was picked up in the water after Captain America First Avenger.

The villain(s) aren't spectacular but the twist made them more appealing than probably 80% of the villains we've gotten so far in the MCU. Would've like to see more from Ronin but he was never implied to be a larger role here so yeah.

I've seen the "lack of style" complaint floating around from the Chris Stuckmans of Youtube but it has enough of its own style to count. The style of the movie felt Iron Man 3'ish to me but with a lighter tone.

I liked both credit scenes. The one that leads into Endgame didn't really say much but it did feel like she fit right in with the team. Perhaps that was the Russos doing but we'll see.

Overall it was a competent movie. I had about as much fun here as I did with Aquaman and people were raving how fun that was despite its silliness.